My Learning Journal Assignment Instructions
Overview
Based upon your reading of Chapters in “Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education”, write a journal entry that reflects upon what you have learned about yourself as an adult self-directed learner. Some starter phrases that might help you to begin writing your learning journal entry are:
“Having read the assigned chapter, I’m convinced that I am . . .”
“As I consider myself in light of my reading of the assigned chapter, I know that . . .”
“Reading this chapter has alerted me to the fact that . . .”
Instructions
My Learning Journal: Self-Directed Learner
Based upon your reading of Chapter One in “Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education” and its description of an adult self-directed learner, how would you currently evaluate yourself as a self-directed adult learner? What self-directed characteristics already mark your approach to learning? What skills and attitudes do you still need to improve? Each journal will have a prompt that the student must respond to, based upon assigned reading for that module: week. There is no word count requirement, but the student should answer the prompt thoroughly yet concisely.
My Learning Journal: Adult Learner Characteristics
Based upon your reading of Chapter Two in “Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education,” write a journal entry that considers yourself in light of the chief characteristics of adult learners. Based upon your reading of Chapter Two and its description of the main characteristics of adult learning, how would you evaluate the courses you have taken either on campus or online over the last few years in terms of their sensitivity to how adults learn best? Each journal will have a prompt that the student must respond to, based upon assigned reading for that module: week. There is no word count requirement, but the student should answer the prompt thoroughly yet concisely.
My Learning Journal: Learning How to Learn
Based upon your reading of Chapter Three in “Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education,” and its description of learning how to learn skills, where are you currently strong, and where do you need to improve? Each journal will have a prompt that the student must respond to, based upon assigned reading for that module/week. There is no word count requirement, but the student should answer the prompt thoroughly yet concisely.
My Learning Journal: Final Assessment Memo
Based upon your reading of all three chapters in “Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education,” write a journal entry that reflects back upon all that you have read and all that you have considered about yourself as an adult learner. As you reflect back upon your reading of all 3 chapters in “Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education,” what three (3) changes are you going to make in your approach to learning as an adult responsible for your own learning? Each change referenced should have its own full paragraph and the entire assignment should comprise one full single-spaced page using 12-point Times New Roman font type.
Some starter phrases that might help you to begin writing your learning journal entry are:
“Having read all of these chapters, I’m convinced that I need to . . .”
“As I consider myself in light of reading all of these chapters, I know that . . .”
“Reading these chapters has alerted me to the fact that the following changes are in order . . .”
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
